Brigadier Gerard (Conan Doyle Short Stories)
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Colin Samuels
Aug 10, 2026, 3:33:38 PM (14 hours ago) Aug 10
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I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories (https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-gerard), available in print from Wessex Press, and in the course of that project had to prepare versions of the stories which conformed to facsimile pages from their first publication in The Strand magazine (the version Conan Doyle considered and Conan Doyle scholars consider authoritative). Essentially, these are corrected versions of what might be available from Project Gutenberg and elsewhere. I understand that these would need to be revised further using the SE style guide, but they'll certainly be a big head start to get the entire Brigadier Gerard series (apart from his incidental appearance in Conan Doyle's Uncle Bernac) into SE. Is anyone else working on these stories? I'd be happy to coordinate. If no one's working on this project, could you offer some suggestions as to how to begin (other than installing the tools)? It'd be big for a first project I know, but without the need to further proof the underlying text perhaps it'd be manageable? Thanks.
Alex Cabal
Aug 10, 2026, 4:36:57 PM (13 hours ago) Aug 10
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Great Colin, since you've basically done it already you could do this as
a first project.
The first step is compiling a research spreadsheet for our records, so
that we understand what this omnibus will look like:
https://standardebooks.org/contribute/spreadsheets#creating-a-new-spreadsheet
Please follow the instructions there to create a spreadsheet for the
omnibus "Brigadier Gerard Stories". You can see other spreadsheets on
that page to get an idea of what a complete sheet looks like.
Once you have that done, let us know and I'll take a look. Then you can
start work on the ebook itself.
On 8/10/26 2:33 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories
> (https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-gerard
> <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-gerard>),
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a first project.
The first step is compiling a research spreadsheet for our records, so
that we understand what this omnibus will look like:
https://standardebooks.org/contribute/spreadsheets#creating-a-new-spreadsheet
Please follow the instructions there to create a spreadsheet for the
omnibus "Brigadier Gerard Stories". You can see other spreadsheets on
that page to get an idea of what a complete sheet looks like.
Once you have that done, let us know and I'll take a look. Then you can
start work on the ebook itself.
On 8/10/26 2:33 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories
> (https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-gerard
> available in print from Wessex Press, and in the course of that project
> had to prepare versions of the stories which conformed to facsimile
> pages from their first publication in /The Strand/ magazine (the version
> had to prepare versions of the stories which conformed to facsimile
> Conan Doyle considered and Conan Doyle scholars consider authoritative).
> Essentially, these are corrected versions of what might be available
> from Project Gutenberg and elsewhere. I understand that these would need
> to be revised further using the SE style guide, but they'll certainly be
> a big head start to get the entire Brigadier Gerard series (apart from
> his incidental appearance in Conan Doyle's /Uncle Bernac/) into SE. Is
> Essentially, these are corrected versions of what might be available
> from Project Gutenberg and elsewhere. I understand that these would need
> to be revised further using the SE style guide, but they'll certainly be
> a big head start to get the entire Brigadier Gerard series (apart from
> anyone else working on these stories? I'd be happy to coordinate. If no
> one's working on this project, could you offer some suggestions as to
> how to begin (other than installing the tools)? It'd be big for a first
> project I know, but without the need to further proof the underlying
> text perhaps it'd be manageable? Thanks.
>
> --
> one's working on this project, could you offer some suggestions as to
> how to begin (other than installing the tools)? It'd be big for a first
> project I know, but without the need to further proof the underlying
> text perhaps it'd be manageable? Thanks.
>
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Hendrik Kaiber
Aug 10, 2026, 5:14:37 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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There's already a spreadsheet with these stories.
Alex Cabal
Aug 10, 2026, 5:15:59 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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Well, excellent, thanks Hendrik!
So first step is to review that spreadhsheet and confirm that you think
it's accurate for this omnibus. Looks like the relevant stories are at
the top.
On 8/10/26 4:14 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> There's already a spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/
> d/1wex_QlZFHoUnv1qiLfeAtrQrfJOi7U3ED97hb5VkQ9I/htmlview?pli=1> with
> spreadsheets#creating-a-new-spreadsheet>
> gerard <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/>
> > standardebooks/5ec59dfd-0cd0-4553-8626-
> d58a8c2d1cecn%40googlegroups.com <http://40googlegroups.com>
> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ <https://groups.google.com/d/
> msgid/>
> > standardebooks/5ec59dfd-0cd0-4553-8626-
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> utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
So first step is to review that spreadhsheet and confirm that you think
it's accurate for this omnibus. Looks like the relevant stories are at
the top.
On 8/10/26 4:14 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> There's already a spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/
> d/1wex_QlZFHoUnv1qiLfeAtrQrfJOi7U3ED97hb5VkQ9I/htmlview?pli=1> with
> these stories.
>
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5:36:57 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great Colin, since you've basically done it already you could do
> this as
> a first project.
>
> The first step is compiling a research spreadsheet for our records, so
> that we understand what this omnibus will look like:
> https://standardebooks.org/contribute/spreadsheets#creating-a-new-
> spreadsheet <https://standardebooks.org/contribute/
>
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5:36:57 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great Colin, since you've basically done it already you could do
> this as
> a first project.
>
> The first step is compiling a research spreadsheet for our records, so
> that we understand what this omnibus will look like:
> https://standardebooks.org/contribute/spreadsheets#creating-a-new-
> spreadsheets#creating-a-new-spreadsheet>
>
> Please follow the instructions there to create a spreadsheet for the
> omnibus "Brigadier Gerard Stories". You can see other spreadsheets on
> that page to get an idea of what a complete sheet looks like.
>
> Once you have that done, let us know and I'll take a look. Then you can
> start work on the ebook itself.
>
> On 8/10/26 2:33 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> > I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories
> > (https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-
> gerard <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
> brigadier-gerard>
> > <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-
> Please follow the instructions there to create a spreadsheet for the
> omnibus "Brigadier Gerard Stories". You can see other spreadsheets on
> that page to get an idea of what a complete sheet looks like.
>
> Once you have that done, let us know and I'll take a look. Then you can
> start work on the ebook itself.
>
> On 8/10/26 2:33 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> > I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories
> > (https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-brigadier-
> gerard <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
> brigadier-gerard>
> gerard <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
> > standardebooks/5ec59dfd-0cd0-4553-8626-
> d58a8c2d1cecn%40googlegroups.com <http://40googlegroups.com>
> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ <https://groups.google.com/d/
> msgid/>
> > standardebooks/5ec59dfd-0cd0-4553-8626-
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Colin Samuels
Aug 10, 2026, 5:39:52 PM (12 hours ago) Aug 10
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Excellent. Thanks for the pointer, Henrik. It looks like the "First published in" should refer to a story's first publication in Britain, where all appeared in The Strand. One of the stories appeared first in a US publication, but the British version is considered the authoritative one. "Also published in" would be just the major collection? Nearly all of the stories were published in several newspapers and magazines and several were collected in multiple collections of Conan Doyle's short fiction during his lifetime. In addition to the short stories, Gerard appeared as a minor character in the novel Uncle Bernac, which I didn't see on the list. That would not generally be considered part of the Brigadier Gerard stories, despite his incidental role. I'll complete the spreadsheet as best I can and we can determine how to go from there. Thanks.
Alex Cabal
Aug 10, 2026, 5:43:24 PM (11 hours ago) Aug 10
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OK great. I've added you as an editor.
These spreadsheets are to facilitate PD clearance and organize
omnibuses, they're not meant to be totally complete listings of every
possible detail of a story. So we're concerned with the earliest
publication year to determine public domain status, and other
publications to determine if an omnibus is necessary (in this case, we
already know it is).
So just review the spreadsheet to make sure it looks good to you for
these stories, tweak anything that looks out of order, and let me know
when you're wrapped up.
On 8/10/26 4:39 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> Excellent. Thanks for the pointer, Henrik. It looks like the "First
> published in" should refer to a story's first publication in Britain,
> where all appeared in /The Strand/. One of the stories appeared first in
> u/0/d/1wex_QlZFHoUnv1qiLfeAtrQrfJOi7U3ED97hb5VkQ9I/htmlview?
> pli=1> with these stories.
> > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/
> standardebooks/181f8e46-4cca-49c2-893d-b14068af6bfan%40googlegroups.com?
> utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
These spreadsheets are to facilitate PD clearance and organize
omnibuses, they're not meant to be totally complete listings of every
possible detail of a story. So we're concerned with the earliest
publication year to determine public domain status, and other
publications to determine if an omnibus is necessary (in this case, we
already know it is).
So just review the spreadsheet to make sure it looks good to you for
these stories, tweak anything that looks out of order, and let me know
when you're wrapped up.
On 8/10/26 4:39 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> Excellent. Thanks for the pointer, Henrik. It looks like the "First
> published in" should refer to a story's first publication in Britain,
> a US publication, but the British version is considered the
> authoritative one. "Also published in" would be just the major
> collection? Nearly all of the stories were published in several
> newspapers and magazines and several were collected in multiple
> collections of Conan Doyle's short fiction during his lifetime. In
> addition to the short stories, Gerard appeared as a minor character in
> the novel /Uncle Bernac/, which I didn't see on the list. That would not
> authoritative one. "Also published in" would be just the major
> collection? Nearly all of the stories were published in several
> newspapers and magazines and several were collected in multiple
> collections of Conan Doyle's short fiction during his lifetime. In
> addition to the short stories, Gerard appeared as a minor character in
> generally be considered part of the Brigadier Gerard stories, despite
> his incidental role. I'll complete the spreadsheet as best I can and we
> can determine how to go from there. Thanks.
>
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5:14:37 PM UTC-4 hendrik....@gmail.com wrote:
>
> There's already a spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> his incidental role. I'll complete the spreadsheet as best I can and we
> can determine how to go from there. Thanks.
>
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5:14:37 PM UTC-4 hendrik....@gmail.com wrote:
>
> u/0/d/1wex_QlZFHoUnv1qiLfeAtrQrfJOi7U3ED97hb5VkQ9I/htmlview?
> pli=1> with these stories.
>
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5:36:57 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great Colin, since you've basically done it already you could do
> this as
> a first project.
>
> The first step is compiling a research spreadsheet for our
> records, so
> that we understand what this omnibus will look like:
> On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5:36:57 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great Colin, since you've basically done it already you could do
> this as
> a first project.
>
> The first step is compiling a research spreadsheet for our
> records, so
> that we understand what this omnibus will look like:
> https://standardebooks.org/contribute/spreadsheets#creating-a-
> new-spreadsheet <https://standardebooks.org/contribute/
> spreadsheets#creating-a-new-spreadsheet>
>
> new-spreadsheet <https://standardebooks.org/contribute/
> spreadsheets#creating-a-new-spreadsheet>
>
> Please follow the instructions there to create a spreadsheet for
> the
> omnibus "Brigadier Gerard Stories". You can see other
> spreadsheets on
> that page to get an idea of what a complete sheet looks like.
>
> Once you have that done, let us know and I'll take a look. Then
> you can
> start work on the ebook itself.
>
> On 8/10/26 2:33 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> > I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories
> > (https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
> the
> omnibus "Brigadier Gerard Stories". You can see other
> spreadsheets on
> that page to get an idea of what a complete sheet looks like.
>
> Once you have that done, let us know and I'll take a look. Then
> you can
> start work on the ebook itself.
>
> On 8/10/26 2:33 PM, Colin Samuels wrote:
> > I authored an annotated edition of the Brigadier Gerard stories
> brigadier-gerard <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-
> annotated-brigadier-gerard>
> > <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
> brigadier-gerard <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-
> annotated-brigadier-gerard>
> > <https://www.wessexpress.com/products/the-annotated-
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